From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 6 13:08:28 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CA9616A400 for ; Fri, 6 Jul 2007 13:08:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from M.Apitz@oclcpica.org) Received: from mail.pica.nl (mail.pica.nl [192.87.44.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C56F913C484 for ; Fri, 6 Jul 2007 13:08:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from M.Apitz@oclcpica.org) Received: from rebelion.Sisis.de ([193.31.10.34]) by mail.pica.nl with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Fri, 6 Jul 2007 15:08:33 +0200 Received: (from guru@localhost) by rebelion.Sisis.de (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id l66D8P6N050609; Fri, 6 Jul 2007 15:08:25 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from m.apitz@oclcpica.org) X-Authentication-Warning: rebelion.Sisis.de: guru set sender to m.apitz@oclcpica.org using -f Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 15:08:25 +0200 From: Matthias Apitz To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20070706130825.GA47249@rebelion.Sisis.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE (i386) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 06 Jul 2007 13:08:34.0127 (UTC) FILETIME=[C1F055F0:01C7BFCE] Cc: Grossmann Martin Subject: 6.2-REL && booting from USB to install X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Matthias Apitz List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2007 13:08:28 -0000 Hello, I've some server (a 2 years old HP NAT 1000s storage system) and I want to drop the installed W2k system and re-install it with FreeBSD 6.2R and later use it as a central backup-system with Bacula. The problem is that this server has no CD or DVD device, but can (theoretically) boot from external USB CD/DVD (which I too don't have). So I came up with the idea to put a 6.2-REL install CD onto an USB stick (960KByte), based on what Martin figured out in detail and described here: http://groups.google.com/group/lucky.freebsd.questions/msg/5c759b1c87376b22 The boot works fine in some notebook (in some other with USB 2.0 the BTX panics) but in the above mentioned HP box is says: error 1 lba 752976 No /boot/loader FreBSD/x86 Default: 0:ad(0,a)/boot/kernel/loader boot: Any idea about: - Why BTX panics with USB 2.0? - Why it says 'No /boot/loader' in the other box? (of course, the file is there). Thx in advance. Martin, btw: the line in your description: # echo "/dev/da0 / ufs rw,noatime 1 1" >/mnt/etc/fstab perhaps should be: # echo "/dev/da0s1 / ufs rw,noatime 1 1" >/mnt/etc/fstab matthias -- Matthias Apitz Manager Technical Support - OCLC PICA GmbH Gruenwalder Weg 28g - 82041 Oberhaching - Germany t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e - w http://www.oclcpica.org/ http://guru.UnixArea.de/ b http://gurucubano.blogspot.com/ OCLC PICA GmbH, Geschaeftsfuehrer: Christine Magin-Weeger, Norbert Weinberger Sitz der Gesellschaft: Oberhaching, HRB Muenchen: 113261